Words similar to nickname

Example sentences for: nickname

How can you use “nickname” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Surely the nickname has stuck not only because of the metaphorical associations with librarians burrowing for answers, but also because the name sounds cute, personalizing what otherwise might seem to be the overly mechanical activity of finding answers to reference questions.
His nickname is "the Butcher," and he carried out many of the brutal massacres ordered by Pol Pot.
The Neo-Renaissance Berliner Rathaus, also known as the Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall), owes its nickname to its red clinker masonry, not its ideology.
I chose "Bojangles," the nickname of Bill Robinson, the famous movie and stage tap dancer.
Fond memories of those free-spirited Spider teams were apparently running through the minds of Cleveland residents when the 1915 nickname contest was held.